<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>.@<a href="https://twitter.com/dekker">dekker</a> discussed draft night, & his strengths on the court with Joel & Craig. Watch: <a href="http://t.co/mG9VJpcXZx" title="http://www.nba.com/rockets/red-nation-roundtable-25-sam-dekker">nba.com/rockets/red-na…</a><a href="https://t.co/mRNYTbRvqC" title="https://amp.twimg.com/v/e9ca7d9b-a57d-4701-8116-874cc1d369e9">amp.twimg.com/v/e9ca7d9b-a57…</a></p>— Houston Rockets (@HoustonRockets) <a href="https://twitter.com/HoustonRockets/status/614818800987312128" data-datetime="2015-06-27T15:33:19+00:00">June 27, 2015</a></blockquote> <script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
I tried making the exact same point in the other Morey draft thread where everyone was looking for patterns/attributes that Morey drafts. Way too complicated, with Morey it's simple. VALUE
He's building depth in the draft. The kind that can be traded, used to keep the team afloat during injury plagued seasons, and to help bridge the gap in the event 2016 free agency doesn't go as planned. Morey is very much team building through the draft, his use of the players all depends on the circumstances he is presented season to season.
He picks the highest valued asset every time. That is all I said. I never said the players can't be used for other things. You just want to argue.
Both KJ and Brew are 2/3 (true wings), Dek is what Parsons was supposed to be, a 3 that can also play the stretch 4, offensively and defensively. It's Pap that has to step up his game.
According to the scouting reports, this guy has poor shooting form and is very inconsistent.How do you think he improves that form? Is that something that can be corrected?
It's not even a conscious thing. I got some very poor instruction when I was young. At about 18 I corrected my form, but a jumper, like a golf swing is all about muscle memory. For a couple of years, my body kept trying to revert to the older, more well established form. Shooting form, in the moment, isn't something you think about. It is something established in unconscious parts of the brain from repetition in practice. This isn't specifically a comment on Dekker. I haven't looked closely enough to offer any opinion on his form. Just that even for a motivated pupil, changing form is an uphill battle.
It's not going to get fixed because it's not broken. Tayshaun Prince, Paul Pierce, Kevin Martin, Rashard Lewis, Peja Stojakovic, Michael Redd, Matt Bonner and many more I'm leaving off... All of these guys are/were effective without great form. Also can't forget one of the greatest shooters ever in Miller. Not everyone can have/needs textbook form like Ray Allen. As long as he's efficient/effective form shouldn't matter.
Great Huffington Post interview; already has a plan for defending Lebron: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/23/sam-dekker-lebron-james_n_7649018.html?utm_hp_ref=hpl&ncid=tweetlnkushpsn00000001
I feel like his form is more fixable than Parsons was in his rookie year. Parson had a flat shot but he practiced it and now he shoots a good %, despite it still being flat. Dekker shoots with too much arc..the 3 pt line being further away should actually in this regard (he even said himself he prefers the NBA 3-pt line to college). Parsons shot 33.7% in college in 4 years. He shot the exact same % in his NBA rookie year and it steadily improved. Dekker shot 34.8% in college in 3 years. I expect his shot to only improve.
Sam Dekker = Wholesome Midwestern Boy Chandler Parsons = Florida Metrosexual Slut Dekker's widow's peak is very distracting.
IIRC, Parsons was not a great shooter when he was drafted. I believe he had a below average free throw % as well. Anyway, I differ on the premise that shooting is something that is pretty much set by the time their pro career begins. Remember Glen Rice? Jason Kidd? Those two come to mind off the top of my head as being poor (specifically 3 point) shooters out of college.
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